St Mirren v Kilmarnock: Derek McInnes hoping to translate home confidence into form on the road

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Derek McInnes hopes Kilmarnock's confidence at Rugby Park can translate into results away from home. The Ayrshire side head to St Mirren on Saturday, and they are aiming to pick up their first point on the road this season.

Ash Taylor's header in the 4-1 defeat at Aberdeen has been the only goal they've scored away from home.But at Rugby Park it has been a different story, as McInnes' side are unbeaten apart from a clash against Celtic.And now he's hoping to use that heading into the Paisley clash.He said: "I think the home form has been good, we've performed well in the games apart from Celtic.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android."In the two that we drew we played well enough to win, but we can't have too many games like that."It comes to a stage that you have to have a shift and take that confidence away from home."Away from home last season we weren't as strong as I'd have wanted."The performance at Tynecastle was very good, we struck the first blow, other games we've had chances but not taken it."If you score first away from home it gives you confidence and something to hold on to."We did exactly that at Tynecastle, we scored early and held on well."I don't think there's any real pattern, we need to make sure we get at least a point if we can't win."Killie will be without Fraser Murray, Liam Donnelly and long-term absentee Scott Robinson for the St Mirren